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Definition of Cagey
1. Adjective. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others. "Too clever to be sound"
2. Adjective. Characterized by great caution and wariness. "A chary investor"
Definition of Cagey
1. Adjective. wary, careful, shrewd ¹
2. Adjective. uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cagey
1. shrewd [adj CAGIER, CAGIEST] - See also: shrewd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cagey
Literary usage of Cagey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Should Barack Obama Be President? by W. Frederick Zimmerman (2006)
"BILL O'REILLY THINKS OBAMA is cagey. Newsweek interviewed Bill O'Reilly about
his latest book, ... If you're Bill O'Reilly, practically anyone looks cagey. ..."
2. American Birds, Beasts and BlossomsNature (1980)
"cagey bargaining with the farmer and a loan from the American Philosophical
Society completed the transaction, and after a dramatic exhumation operation the ..."
3. Reminiscences of General Basil W. Duke by Basil Wilson Duke (1909)
""Isn't this cagey Graham's house?" I responded. "I was told to ask for him."
"What in the — do you want with cagey Graham?" he inquired with considerable ..."
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